Book abstract: In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has gathered writings on diverse aspects of the subject from a ra
In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them.
Understanding the relationship between female employment and fertility is a vital ingredient for effective population policy.
The article discusses various reports published within the issue, including one by Bruce Western and Becky Pettit considering how social class and race impact prison sentencing, one by Jeffrey Fagan p
A mass Atrocity Response Operation (MARO) describes a contingency operation to halt the widespread and systematic use of violence by state or non-state armed groups against non-combatants.
Despite increasing technical sophistication, the quantitative literature has made little progress in forecasting ethnic violence.
Drawing on collaborative research from a distinguished team at Harvard and Manchester universities, The age of Obama asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that
The model presented argues that leadership involves bringing together not only diverse individuals but also the subgroups to which they belong.
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